House for Sale with Wall Cracks & Gaps?
This house in the Brisbane suburb of Banyo was on the market and buyers were alarmed about wall cracks and gaps.
๐ฆ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด.
A really thorough Building & Pest Inspector recommended contacting Forensic Engineers for an expert investigation.
Our Expert Structural Engineer Report found that the house had some previous movements of the footings and that there were still some ongoing movements and wall cracks and gaps.
But, thank goodness! ๐ก๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐
๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐น๐.
The property owner and buyer was so relieved, thanks to ๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐
Pre-Purchase - Structural Engineer Report
Subsidence, Wall Cracks, Sink Holes, Stump Damage
Structural Engineer Reports needed from Forensic Engineers.
These are cases we deal with every day.
Case 1) A house at Warner had serious settlements under a slab. We found the causes, assessed the slab condition and gave expert recommendations to re-support the slab. In this case pressure grouting was the most practical and affordable repair.
Case 2) A Tweed Heads house with possibly serious subsidence problems. We found that there had been some footing settlements a long time ago, but the house was now stable. Some drainage work and expert crack repair required - no underpinning needed! A terrific result.
Case 3) Walloon house with serious slab movements. We are in Walloon just about every week! If you are looking to buy a house in this area and the Building & Pest Report finds wall cracks - for peace-of-mind, call us to arrange an Expert Structural Engineer Report. In most cases there are some movements of the house footings and site works can help to keep the house relatively stable. In other cases where serious movements and damages are evident, traditional underpinning is the most effective method for stabilization, level correction and crack closure.
Case 4) A house on-the-market at Stafford. The buyer was concerned that damaged stumps have caused structural damages to the house. Our expert investigation found that apart from some stumps that were past their "use-by" date, the house was "sound-as-a pound".
Forensic Engineers: Expert Structural Engineer Reports
House for Sale with Wall & Driveway Cracks
A building & Pest Report had picked up some suspicious cracks in the house walls and in the driveway slab.
And the home buyer was rightly concerned, and contacted Forensic Engineers for an expert investigation and report.
Our meticulous inspection found that the house wall cracks were from some initial, slight settlements of the footings, but none were serious at all. The driveway cracks, however, were not "typical" and were from poor concreting.
The important thing was that ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ป๐ผ ๐ต๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐. And most importantly, ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ป๐ผ ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ.
The driveway and wall cracks could be repaired by an expert tradesman that we recommended to the buyer.
Happy home buyers and sellers. Expert Structural Engineer Reports: Forensic Engineers
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Possible Subsidence; Building & Pest Alert
The owner of this classic home had a Building & Pest Report before putting it on the market.
Concerned about house Subsidence & Wall Cracks? Call Forensic Engineers for an Expert Structural Engineer Report
Structural Engineer Reports - Every Day
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER REPORTS - Every Day.
Case #1; a Townhouse in Pimpama
This unit had wall Cracks and we found they had occurred some time ago, had not grown and were not serious. The townhouse is sound-as-a-pound!
Case #2; a house at Paradise Point
A column that had settled and fractured. Very soft sands and a leaking storm drain were the causes and the footing needed underpinning. Problem solved!.
Case #3; a house in Silkstone
The house had some footing movements which were not serious. Thank goodness, because Silkstone is renowned for highly plastic clay soil which can cause serious foundation movements and house damages. Peace-of-mind for the home owner.
Case #4; a unit in Annerley
A unit with some scary ceiling cracks which were were not serious and simple to repair. Patch and paint only required.
Inspection #5 was in Brookwater
An insurance claim where a car had crashed into a retaining wall and fence. Our investigation for the insurer found the the damages to the retaining wall were limited to one post being pushed sideways. Post & footing needed replacement and the wall wales could be re-used. The insurer and the home owner were very happy with our report.
Expert Structural Engineer Reports - Every Day
Structural Engineer Reports
๐ฆ๐ง๐ฅ๐จ๐๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐ข๐ฅ๐ง๐ฆ, ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐, ๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ฆ, ๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ฆ, ๐ฃ๐ข๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฆ, ๐ฆ๐ง๐จ๐ ๐ฃ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐
Expert Investigations to identify damages and causes and the best repair solutions and repair contractors.
In many cases we can offer peace-of-mind, with simple cost-effective methods.
Every day. Every week. Home owners, buyers, sellers, property managers rely on Forensic Engineers for honest, accurate Structural Engineer Reports.
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Own, Buying or Selling a House with Cracks?
Wall, ceiling or floor cracks & gaps?
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Peace-of-Mind
Resin Injection Underpinning Needed
This Gymnasium floor is out-of-level and keeps on moving.
Our investigation found the property is on compressible river alluvial soils that are subsiding.
Flood events and saturation of the founding soils had also exacerbated the subsidence.
Our Structural Engineer Report recommended ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐จ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป for re-establisment of an even floor surface with no trip hazards.
There are many Companies offering Urethane Resin solutions to slab settlements and footing subsidence.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐น๐ ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ, ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐น. Depending the type of construction and the ground conditions most importantly, The Experience of the Company doing the work.
We have dealt with the best and the worst, Resin Injection Companies.
So if you are looking to Resin Injection Underpinning, contact us for an independent report first.
